The Reborn Wife is Farming

Mu Yangling gave the herdsman five taels of silver, and he took them around the villages, and his family wanted to help them keep an eye on the sheep they bought.

The herdsmen couldn't ask for anything, so they didn't need Mu Yangling's instructions, and said directly to their family members, "I think Miss Mu wants to continue this business for a long time, you'd better not neglect her, or I won't be able to do this job next time. "

His family members were very proud and happy that he had won Mu Yangling's trust, so they patted their chests and promised that they would take good care of the sheep and feed them until they were white and fat.

Then Mu Yangling officially started the acquisition journey with the mule and the cart it pulled.

Mu Yangling asked the herdsmen to take her to a relatively poor village. The herdsman said that except for some rich households and landlords, these ten miles and eight townships were all poor people. Before the Hu people came in, everyone lived a good life.

Compared with Hanzhong Prefecture, which is located on a plain, the land is fairly fertile, which is many times stronger than that of Xingzhou Prefecture. Therefore, although the people there are poor, they live a good life. At least they don’t need to eat bran when they are green and yellow, they only need to drink gruel can get through.

But when the Hu people came in, the first thing they did was to rob them of their homes. At that time, the rich households and some landlords were also robbed, and because their land was being used for eye-catching, some landlords’ homes were directly stolen by the rich and powerful of the Kingdom of Jin. I was circled, and now I don't say it is a death, but the family is definitely broken.

Xiuhong hurriedly asked, "What about the common people? Don't those barbarians occupy the common people's land?"

"Why don't you take it?" The herdsman sighed: "Don't care what it is, the common people are the ones who suffer the most and benefit the least. The two girls are still young, so maybe they didn't know Hanzhong Mansion four or five years ago. When the barbarians came in, burned, killed, and looted, how can that be described in a tragic word? In addition, the powerful and powerful later encircled the land and drove away the common people and villages on the ground. What happened to those people now? They all became refugees. Otherwise, they ran off to the mountains and became bandits, and there are only a few or two who can find relatives to take refuge in."

"So why did everyone keep quiet when the little general came in? And help secretly if you can? In the territory of Hanzhong Mansion, all Han people have enmity with those barbarians. Fortunately, life is slowly going on now. Well, next year the land will be plowed and cultivated, and we will be able to harvest grain again," the herdsman said here very happily, "When General Qi came in at the time, he said that there will be no tax next year, and the official documents from the court two days ago have also come down. , next year we will give tax exemption to the people of Hanzhong Prefecture."

Mu Yangling laughed forcefully, not daring to tell him that there might be a drought next year.

Farmers have always been the weakest, but also the most tenacious. They are always the last to think of resistance, but they can always carry those disasters and move forward step by step in this difficult world.

Mu Yangling is just a small person, all she can do is to help them as much as possible within her ability.

While Mu Yangling was thinking, the herdsman pointed to the village in front of him and said, "Miss Mu, we are here. My uncle's house is in this village. They don't have many sheep, but they are all good..."

This village is obviously more dilapidated than the herdsman's village. At this time, the adults are peeling bark on the mountain, while the women and children sleep on the kang covered with quilts, and the herdsman takes them directly to his uncle's house.

But his aunt could only lie on the kang and talk to him, because life was so hard that they were reluctant to kill the sheep, so they could only pawn off the three sets of cotton padded clothes at home and keep one as a replacement. , so she could only lie on the kang in summer clothes and cover herself with a quilt to talk to Mu Yangling and the others.

But obviously, the two sets of patched cotton clothes did not get much money back, so they still have to go into the mountain to peel the bark every day.

Mu Yangling was worried about whether those trees could survive the winter without their bark.

Hearing that Mu Yangling came to collect the sheep, and he paid two taels of silver for one, his aunt couldn't bear to get up from the kang anymore, and she was going to open the fence for Mu Yangling to select the sheep.

Mu Yangling hurriedly held her down and said, "There's no rush right now. If you catch a cold when you get up, you'll have to spend money to take medicine."

His aunt said anxiously: "Girl, I'm in good health, even if I roll around in the snow twice, I'm fine."

Mu Yangling doesn't believe it, if he doesn't have enough food and clothes, how good is his health?

She held down his aunt, and told the herdsmen to go to the mountain to call his uncle back, and by the way, call back the villagers as well.

The herdsmen ran out immediately, and within two quarters of an hour, there was a "bang" from the gate, and a group of elders ran in panting. They were a little disappointed to see Mu Yangling and Xiuhong sitting in the main room. Half-grown children, or girls, how many sheep can they keep?

Although Mu Yangling and Xiuhong always dressed in a simple and neat way when they were outside, they combed their hair like a girl's head, coupled with their stature and appearance, everyone knew it was a girl at a glance.

The reason why Mu Yangling doesn't dress up as a man is because the Beidi doesn't have much restraint on women, and the second is because she wants people around her, even those she comes into contact with, to think that it's only natural for girls to go out and do errands. So far, it seems that the effect is not bad, although everyone still inevitably despises her when they see that she is a girl.

Mu Yangling knew what they were thinking at a glance, and she didn't explain, and said directly: "Uncles, you came back from the mountain? Just right, I'm short on time, so let's make a long story short. I have to choose the whiskers I collected. No matter how big or small it is, it will be two taels of silver."

The herdsman's uncle asked nervously, "How many do Miss Mu plan to take?"

"Let's have a look first, we don't know yet." Mu Yangling didn't want to tell them the bottom line.

Although his uncle was a little disappointed, he still warmly welcomed Mu Yangling to the fence of his house, and the villagers followed closely.

The herdsmen were right. The sheep in this village were fed fatter than theirs. Maybe it was because of poverty and less quantity. Mu Yangling was also very happy. Seeing that his sheep were very energetic, he wanted them all.

The eighteen sheep cost a total of thirty-six taels of silver, and Mu Yangling paid him both money and goods on the spot.

The herdsman's uncle obviously didn't expect to get so much money so quickly, holding the money before he regained consciousness for a while, the other villagers got excited and surrounded Mu Yangling, trying to drag her into the fence of their own house.

Mu Yangling shouted, "Where's your village chief?"

An old man squeezed in hard, raised his hand and said, "I, I am the village chief, I am the village chief."

Mu Yangling pushed out the young and middle-aged men who squeezed in with one hand. Some of them moved more vigorously, and Mu Yangling directly lifted them up and threw them out of the encirclement.

She mastered the strength, but she was still on the thick snow. She rolled twice on the snow and nothing happened, but she was frightened and sat on the snow in a daze.

The crowd finally quieted down, and the village head, a bad old man, finally squeezed in. He looked at Mu Yangling panting, and said enthusiastically: "Ms. Mu, don't mind, don't mind, the children are all excited. It’s the first time someone has come to the village to collect sheep, and it’s so exciting.”